5 Tiền - Bao Dai

Bảo Đại's reign was managed almost entirely by French colonial administration, and the coins issued under his name were produced not by any Vietnamese authority but by the Paris Mint under Indochinese monetary policy. The "Empire of Vietnam" designation is somewhat nominal for this period — France retained full fiscal control through the Banque de l'Indochine until the Japanese coup of March 1945 abruptly ended French authority in the region.

Production effectively ceased after that coup, making later-date examples from the 1940s considerably scarcer in circulation grades.